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https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/aal2016/0143
Sztuka Ameryki Łacińskiej 2016, nr 6
ISSN 2299-260X
Fanny Rabel: post-revolutionary artist
Maria Cristina Valerdi-Nochebuena,
Gerardo Sosa-Valerdi,
Aurora Roldan-Olmos,
Jorge Sosa-Olive
(Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico,
Faculty of Graphic Design, Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla, Mexico)
trans. Zofia Majda
Introduction
The Mexican revolution was a social movement, which has entirely chan-
ged the Mexican lifestyle and inspired local artists to look inward in search of
their true identity. This turbulent event was provoked not only by the people,
i.e. Mexican population together with European immigrants, but also by both
World Wars taking place at that time.
Fanny Rabinovich, (August 27, 1922 in Poland - November 25, 2008 in
Mexico City), better known under her artistic alias Rabel, was a daughter of
Jewish actors fleeing from imminent war, who settled in Mexico. Shortly af-
ter the Rabinovich family arrived in Mexico in 1938, Fanny started to simul-
taneously work and study art at the Nocturnal Art School for Workers. Later,
at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” she
was taught by such professors such as: Jose Chavez Morado, Feliciano Peña and
Frida Kahlo. Under the tutelage of Frida, Fanny and several of her classmates
ISSN 2299-260X
Fanny Rabel: post-revolutionary artist
Maria Cristina Valerdi-Nochebuena,
Gerardo Sosa-Valerdi,
Aurora Roldan-Olmos,
Jorge Sosa-Olive
(Faculty of Architecture, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico,
Faculty of Graphic Design, Universidad Iberoamericana de Puebla, Mexico)
trans. Zofia Majda
Introduction
The Mexican revolution was a social movement, which has entirely chan-
ged the Mexican lifestyle and inspired local artists to look inward in search of
their true identity. This turbulent event was provoked not only by the people,
i.e. Mexican population together with European immigrants, but also by both
World Wars taking place at that time.
Fanny Rabinovich, (August 27, 1922 in Poland - November 25, 2008 in
Mexico City), better known under her artistic alias Rabel, was a daughter of
Jewish actors fleeing from imminent war, who settled in Mexico. Shortly af-
ter the Rabinovich family arrived in Mexico in 1938, Fanny started to simul-
taneously work and study art at the Nocturnal Art School for Workers. Later,
at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” she
was taught by such professors such as: Jose Chavez Morado, Feliciano Peña and
Frida Kahlo. Under the tutelage of Frida, Fanny and several of her classmates